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That good ol’ company Disney is always on the forefront of doing something cool. Earlier this month we spoke about their using Li-Fi (Read Li-Fi article here). Now they’re working with AR for kids who like to color in books. Why, you might ask? Because they’ve figure out how to turn 2D flat colored images and transform them into 3D characters that you can manipulate. So it takes the image of the character in the coloring book and maps the colors applied by the user to a pre-made 3D animation of the character. So a child begins coloring the characters, the character itself comes to life before your very eyes – that is, with the help of an AR app on any given device. Essentially, as the child draws and colors, the Disney character then springs to life in real-time like magic. Disney (jobs at Disney) believes that technologies such as AR could help re-ignite their innate drive at being creative by integrating the technology with coloring books. By providing a bridge between real-world activities and digital enhancements, Disney hopes the mind of child could equally be enhanced in tandem. “[C]hildren spend an increasing amount of time passively consuming content…

So if you recall not too long ago I had written about Li-Fi or light fidelity and how it was a game changer. Well it so happens that the inventor Professor Harald Haas has recently presented a TED talk showcasing a prototype example of how his “light internet” would work. I’ll reiterate again what this is, “broadband transmission using the Visible Light Spectrum or VLS. This is part of the electromagnetic spectrum, just like radio waves, is safe, practical to use and multi-functional”. So with standard-off-the-shelf LED’s (light-emitting diode), numerous tests were made and it appears that LED lighting fixtures can transmit wireless data at very competitive high speeds. I definitely recommend that you watch the TED talk here: A commercial product started shipping several months ago as Haas has launched a commercial venture called pureLiFi. The product, Li-Flame, turns standard LED fixtures into wireless Internet access points. Let’s take this idea a little further. You know we’ve also been following wearable tech like Disney’s EM-Sense, but what would happen if the clothes you wore on your body was a Li-Fi hotspot or hub? Well you know that the applications can only be guessed at but researchers at the Korea…

Right off the back, Apple VR? Is Apple ready to push into the VR game by buying Flyby Media? Just so you know back in the Steve Jobs days, Apple had attempted Virtual Reality headsets and the like but pushed it aside because it was still not up to par. The tide has changed with increased competition in the space from the likes of Samsung with Gear VR, Facebook’s Oculus Rift, Magic Leap (jobs at Magic Leap), as well as significant efforts from Google and Microsoft. If you don’t know Flyby, they’re a company that was key in the development of two things we’ve spoken briefly about in the recent past, the first being machine vision, and the other is Google’s Project Tango. The company has developed tech that allows mobile phones to “see” the world around them. So Flyby is taking the IP, branching its capabilities and spreading it across the consumer spectrum. I’m not going to get into what Flyby’s app is capable of doing because it’s a gimmick, but I assure you the tech behind the app, which is a very “internet of things” is the sole reason for Apple’s interest. The hard thing is for machines…

Considering it’s the holiday shopping season I figured we should look into what’s on the E-commerce horizon. Ray Burke director of Indiana University’s Customer Interface Laboratory has spent years analyzing shopping habits. He was interviewed in a recent article on Popsci.com and he covers 7 topics about the future of buying commercial goods and consumer experience. E-commerce will become the only commerce; with the use of Big Data and Psychology they’re figuring out novel ways to track your in-store behavior, anticipate your needs, and help you find exactly what you need if it’s available. So let’s see what 7 innovations are in “store” for us literally: 1. Tracking Eye Movement 2. De-stressing Shoppers 3. Quicker Store Exits 4. Monitoring Moods 5. Instantaneous Product Printing 6. Intuitive personalization through feedback shopping 7. Sharing Economy Some of these may feel very intrusive in a “Big Brother” kind of way but at this very moment you still live in a consumer driven society and making buying easier keeps you happy and makes the retailer richer. It is a twisted win-win scenario. Besides shopping for the holidays just seems like a chore so perhaps all of these will genuinely help. Tracking Eye Movement –…

So why is a computer being able to see be so darn important, I’ll tell you why, so advertisers can know exactly who you are, wherever you are, and send a highly targeted product advertisement at you through some pretty clever channels. Let’s imagine a far future scenario, like in 16 months from now, where you are walking down the street and the HD digital display screen which is in actuality the glass of a storefront you happen to be passing near calls out to you specifically. “Hey Jeremy! I love the Ralph Lauren Jacket you’re wearing. We just got in the 2017 bold cut of that jacket in Dark Green, take a look” The display screen proceeds to show you what you would look like by overlaying the new jacket on top of the old while maintaining the street view behind you by using Augmented Reality. The display then proceeds to say “if you come in and buy one right now, we’ll offer you a %10 percent discount”. You say to yourself, damn, I look great in this jacket and walk right on in. SUCKER!!!! Honestly scenarios like this are in development right now. Not as cohesive as the…